LO is five months and not interested in cereal at all, snubs bottles...

So, my LO is bf and is starting to snub the bottle and absolutely hates eating cereal. Should I just set cereal aside and start pureeing veggies and fruits? I am worried she may be getting a little spoiled. Help! PS She won't be six months until very end of the month...is all of this normal?

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Neither of my babies like cereal so I didn't make them eat it and gave them purees. I even tried adding some fruit puree in with the cereal and that didn't work so I said forget it and didn't offer it to them again.

Thanks, I feel a little better then. Also, she doesn't seem interested in crawling, at all, yet loves to stand and practice walking with her hands held, what's your experience with this? She is not a big fan of tummy time and I am always wondering if it will hamper her crawling or walking...thanks for the insight!

newmum--your baby sounds like mine! She HATES tummy time....has rolled over maybe 5 times in her whole life. Shows no interested in crawling but LOVES to stand and takes steps while standing. We skipped cereal and we're doing Baby Led Weaning. My baby seems to want to do things her way anyways!

Solids before one are just for fun! So even if she doesn't show interest in cereal or foods, giving her bm for longer is totally fine! Also, I was concerned about my daughter hating tummy time and it hampering her ability to roll over and crawl so I did some research and I found somewhere (can't remember where) that it said that tummy time only marginally speeds up when baby will do those things. So pretty much, they're going to do what they want when they want to do it regardless of what we try to make them so. lol.

Oh and my LO will be 6months on the 11th and isn't anywhere near crawling yet. Which is totally normal. This would be a little early for that, generally speaking. And she is eating solids, but we only give her a small jar once a day, sometimes we skip days, sometimes she eats oatmeal instead but it isn't regular at all. They should still get their nutrition from bm or formula until they are a year old.

My oldest didn't have anything other than breastmilk until almost 10 months--we tried. She didn't want anything to do with it. She went straight to table food. Jenn above was right with her quote about it being "just for fun" until they are one.

As far as refusing a bottle, mine did that too. All I can say is just keep practicing and maybe try a sippy cup? I can't remember when they are old enough but I think it's soon. My oldest NEVER took a bottle so I could never leave her for long. Apparently I was exactly the same on both counts so I know where she got it! :-)

Unless you have a baby with GI problems (GERD, reflux, etc), there's no real reason to give a baby cereal. It's basically empty carbs with no real nutritional value for a healthy baby. It helps reflux babies keep their formula or milk down, so that's why it's recommended for some babies.

mine hated rice cereal but loves oatmeal its better for them too. try it in diff consistencies... thick to thin also before i tried oatmeal i did applesauce most babies love it mixed w anything. her doc said nothing but ricevtil she has it down no prob. but wic said to limit rice to 1-2x week. its currently reccomended by state tobstart w fruit and vegies. i say give itva go. and startvw juat a couple bites a day. experiment with temperature and if shevdoesnt mind oatmeal mix rhick oatmeal w applesauce to thicken it. water to thin. i found that fairly thick works better. she drools so much that thinner solids just dribble out